Israeli police have arrested five Palestinians suspected of plotting a rocket attack on a Jerusalem football stadium, a police spokesman told AFP today.

Jerusalem police spokesman Shmuel Ben-Ruby said the men, all from Jerusalem, were arrested "in recent days."

He was unable to immediately provide further details about the alleged plot.

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